Tag Archives: Joni Männistö

At the end of August first ever Turku Animated Film Festival TAFF was real and happening in Turku. Festival was a great succes with lots of screenings, international guests, exhibitions, master classes and parties. Turku Arts Academy alumni Elli Vuorinen´s new short … Continue reading →

Turku Animated Film Festival – TAFF– is the new kid in town. Turku will be hosting again an animated film festival since Tough Eye-festival about ten years ago. New festival is run by producer Kimmo Sillanmikko and Joni Männistö as … Continue reading →

Turun Anikistit, directors collective based in Turku has won a Special Prize in Tampere Short Film Festival´s national competition with the animated film Wurmloch (Wormhole, Madonreikä). All the directors are Turku Arts Academy graduates in animation and they have worked … Continue reading →

Fredrikstad animation fest­ival handed out the Golden Gunnars to the best Nordic– and Baltic short films in com­pet­i­tion. The cere­mony was held at Litteraturhuset I Fredrikstad. The jury mem­bers of this year’s fest­ival were the Norwegian pho­to­grapher and short film … Continue reading →

The pre-selection results for 2013 Fredrikstad Animation festival are con­firmed! From over 130 films that were entered, 16 pro­fes­sional short films, 14 stu­dent films and 8 com­mis­sioned films from 6 Nordic and Baltic coun­tries have been cho­sen by the pre-selection … Continue reading →